Hideo Kojima has been extra open about his online game concepts in recent times, and the most recent one is a doozy. Kojima took to Twitter over the weekend and shared that he had canned a sport mission he was contemplating as a result of its premise was too much like the Amazon TV collection, The Boys.
Kojima defined the what occurred on his official Twitter account. He wrote that he “give up after 3 episodes of season 1.” It doesn’t sound like he stopped as a result of he wasn’t having fun with it, although.
“I believed I’d watch the remainder of the present. Truly, I watched just a few episodes that had been delivered on the time after I was about to begin a mission that I had been warming up for a very long time and put it on maintain as a result of the idea was related (totally different settings and methods),” he wrote. “A buddy (male/feminine) factor with a particular detective squad dealing with off towards legendary heroes behind the scenes. I used to be considering of Mads because the lead.”
Kojima is referring to actor and Loss of life Stranding solid member, Mads Mikkelsen. This appears completely on-brand with how he enjoys hiring Hollywood expertise to star in his initiatives. The Boys is a darkish superhero story about vigilantes taking up corrupt heroes. It’s primarily based on comics written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
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“THE BOYS,” which I give up after 3 episodes of season 1. I believed I would watch the remainder of the present. Truly, I watched just a few episodes that had been delivered on the time after I was about to begin a mission that I had been warming up for a very long time, pic.twitter.com/UpI00pUIHQ— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 26, 2022
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Kojima adopted up on this bombshell by watching extra episodes of the TV collection and concluding that his canned sport concept was not as much like the present as he initially thought.
“I watched the primary eight episodes of season one in all The Boys,” he wrote. “The idea was the identical, a black ‘anti-hero’ story through which a superhero and a human face off, however the setting, gimmicks, and tone had been very totally different from what I had in thoughts for my earlier mission.”
Forged members from the hit TV present additionally chimed in to precise their enthusiasm for such a mission, together with actors Jack Quaid and Antony Starr. The author and director of The Boys, Eric Kripke, replied asking for Kojima to make a sport primarily based on the present.
Kojima has so much on his plate
The prospect of a Kojima-created sport with a premise much like The Boys sounds thrilling. Nevertheless, the auteur director additionally has loads of different video games on his plate for followers to look ahead to. We now know that Kojima is working with Xbox Recreation Studios to create a brand new sport that implements Microsoft’s cloud expertise. There’s a risk that this might be the rumored horror sport codenamed Overdose. The latter sport was rumored to exist. In response to studies, it would star Margaret Qualley, who performed Mama in Loss of life Stranding, because the lead protagonist.
Loss of life Stranding star Norman Reedus additionally just lately let slip that Kojima Productions could also be engaged on a sequel to the sport. Contemplating that the unique title ultimately made its technique to PC, we wouldn’t be stunned to see the sequel do the identical.
